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For Immediate Release
February 25, 2005 |
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Chairman Shays to Hold March 2 Hearing
on Overclassification and Pseudo-classification of Information
(Washington, DC) -- Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT), Chairman
of the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats,
and International Relations, will convene an oversight hearing
to examine the proliferation of categories of information that
are not classified but are withheld from public disclosure.
The hearing on March 2 is a follow-up hearing to one the subcommittee
had involving overclassification of information during the 108th
Congress. On August 24, 2004, the subcommittee had a hearing
entitled, "Too Many Secrets: Overclassification as a Barrier
to Critical Information Sharing." This hearing examined
the extent and impact of overclassification - the excessive
designation of official secrets - as an impediment to the enhanced
interagency and intergovernmental information sharing recommended
by the 9/11 Commission.
The hearing, "Emerging Threats: Overclassification and
Pseudo-classification, is scheduled for Wednesday, March 2,
at 1:00 p.m., in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building in
Washington, D.C.
WITNESS LIST
Panel One
Mr. J. William Leonard, Director
Information Security Oversight Office
National Archives and Records Administration
RADM Christopher A. McMahon, USMS
Acting Director, Departmental Office of Intelligence, Security,
and Emergency Response
United States Department of Transportation
Mr. Harold Relyea
Specialist in American National Government
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Library of Congress
Panel Two
Mr. Richard Ben-Veniste, Commissioner
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Panel Three
Mr. Thomas Blanton
Executive Director
National Security Archive
George Washington University
Mr. Harry A. Hammitt
Editor and Publisher
Access Reports: Freedom of Information
Lynchburg, Virginia
Contact: Sarah Moore,
202/225-5541
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